Description

The B&R-Xplorer data interface is suitable for the recording of measured data on B&R Industrial PCs and control systems like the X20 system. The communication between ibaPDA and the B&R system is established over standard network cards. Access is transparent to the controller. It is not necessary to configure or program the controller especially.

Up to 16 connections can be configured with a B&R-Xplorer interface on each license. A total of a maximum of 240 connections can be implemented by the additional purchase of up to 14 further one-step-up-B&R-Xplorer licenses. One connection is required for each B&R PLC.

This is an Xplorer interface: This means that the data is not sent by the PLC, but rather is read cyclically by ibaPDA. To communicate with the PLC, ibaPDA uses the B&R PVI Library (PVI Manager). PVI Manager can be used locally or on a remote computer.

The signals to be measured can be conveniently selected using their symbolic names with support from the ibaPDA symbol browser. This allows access to all measurable symbols, which are stored in the PLC itself.
Interface configuration

The interface has the following features and configuration options:

Set all values to zero when the connection to a PLC is lost.

If enabled, all measured values of the PLC are set to zero as soon as the connection is lost. If this option is disabled, ibaPDA will keep the last valid measured value in memory at the time the connection was lost.

Start acquisition even if a PLC is not accessible.

If this option is enabled, the acquisition will start even if the controller is not accessible. A warning is issued in the validation dialog. If the system has been started without a connection to the controller, ibaPDA will try to connect to the CPU at regular intervals

Allow inaccessible symbols

Enable this option to start the acquisition even if no symbols are accessible. The inaccessible symbols are indicated as warnings in the validation dialog instead of errors. This can only occur if the address book is not up-to-date.

If you do not enable this option, then the acquisition does not start if there are inaccessible symbols.

<Open log file>

If connections to B&R controllers have been established, all connection-specific actions are logged in a text file. You can open and view the file by clicking on this button. You will find the log file in the program path of the ibaPDA server in the file system on the hard disk (…\ProgramData\iba\ibaPDA\Log\). The file name of the current log file is B&R.txt; the name of the archived log files is B&RLog_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.txt.
Connection table

For information about the connection table, see Connection table.
Available modules

  • B&R-Xplorer
Product name

ibaPDA-Interface-B&R-Xplorer (Art. no. 31.000006)